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ZLS Advocacy & Productivity Platform, Revolutionizing the Case Management System for Public Defenders

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"What story could I tell if I had the data?"

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The Case Management Paradox: If you build for the dashboard first, the data will be junk.

If you build for the Public Defender Experience (PDX) first, the data becomes a sustainable byproduct of real advocacy.

Check out the ZLS episode on @PDefenselessPod

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Here's the full episode: https://t.co/wwURwzbYUX

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It has been a pleasure to work with the team at Crossroads Defenders and supporting them with our AI-powered case management platform, https://t.co/M6ynqGE7dO, from Day 1!

Congrats on the recognition you deserve!

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Join on 1/31 at 4:30 Eastern to see how https://t.co/jJkb1iHZ1u works to bring the latest Generative AI into the hands of public defenders. https://t.co/ZBj5Z2EHkV

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We're looking forward to the conversations around AI in public defense at the upcoming Virtual Tech Expo @NAPD2013 event!
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In California, having an institutional public defender office = lower rate of incarceration for indigent defendants

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"We must ground public policy in the evidence of what keeps us safe—and there is an abundance of data proving bail reform and public safety go hand-in-hand."

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"We all want to live in safe communities, but our approach to justice cannot be motivated from a place of fear."

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"[H]ighly personal data is a double-edged sword for attorney-client interactions in that it can cause feelings of discomfort for attorneys while also holding the potential to humanize clients."

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All of this discovery has changed the way PDs relate to their clients. We need their help and their trust.

Interpretive and Interpersonal Challenges of Digital Evidence for Public Defenders:
https://t.co/aiNfF6j3c5

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"Findings holistically show that public defenders now have to engage in collaborative interpretive work with clients to unpack the meaning and context of digital evidence"

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Startlingly, in China allowing for more comprehensive plea negotiations would be an improvement. It seems like here the coerciveness of such prosecutorial leverage is a part of the "plea factory" problem...

https://t.co/vpChIpFyrx

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Solution? "...investing in community social services rather than further expanding the CLS (criminal legal system)"

Yes. Please.

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You know the criminal legal system is flawed when you are afraid to release someone because the crucial supports are only available to those who are locked up or sentenced
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"The participants described a tension between the desire to have fewer people incarcerated and the challenges of accessing services and support...outside of the CLS given the number of services that are only accessible to those who have been arrested, incarcerated, or sentenced."

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Data for Defenders is compelling new resource!

Don't miss it.

Thanks @PrimusEve and team!

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New draft sentencing mitigation memorandum section posted on @UMichLaw's Data for Defenders explaining that exposure to violence makes youth (up to age 24) more likely to carry a gun out of fear. Find this memo and many others on https://t.co/unc69tARDf.
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[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

Hey hey hey everyone, it's that time again! Your weekly @PFJ_USA video on something gross about your criminal legal system.

This week: the "Brady" rule, or, why oh why do prosecutors have such a hard time handing over evidence of innocence?

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Check out this incredible new MDefenders resource designed to help public defenders bring social science into criminal courtrooms. Data for Defenders collects cutting-edge social science research and helps defenders incorporate it into their advocacy: https://t.co/g6fGfjKfiA

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Lets talk about the Public Defender shortage in Rural America... Listen to Marquette County Chief Public Defender Patrick Crowley and other Michigan experts debate - in the latest issue of the Public Defenseless podcast w/ Hunter Parnell.
https://t.co/R2thKO9qcg

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